Can I configure the Network License Manager to return idle MATLAB seats using the FlexLM's TIMEOUT feature?

Can I configure my license server to return idle MATLAB seats? Does MATLAB support FlexLM's timeout feature?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The Network License Manager has a feature called TIMEOUT which automatically returns idle license seats after a specified amount of time has lapsed.

To learn more about the TIMEOUT feature for Idle Keys, refer to the following,

Concurrent License Administration - Use Timeouts for Idle License Keys

Important information to consider about the TIMEOUT feature for Idle License Keys: 

1. The minimum duration for TIMEOUT is 14400 seconds, i.e. 4 hours.
2. For the purposes of TIMEOUT, a MATLAB session is considered idle if there has been no user interaction and no running jobs for the entirety of the specified TIMEOUT duration.
3. TIMEOUT only applies to the base product, for example, MATLAB. A toolbox cannot be set as the feature. Thus setting, 

   TIMEOUT MATLAB 14400

    would result in MATLAB timing out, resulting in the toolboxes in use in that session of MATLAB also being returned.

[Walter Roberson]

MATLAB documentation link is Here

[Walter Roberson]

Sorry, any mechanism that might effectively reduce the minimum timeout duration will be considered a license violation by Mathworks.